At about the same time, Greenville Steel Car Company devel-
oped a proprietary end that was similar to the Despatch end.
The design was used exclusively on cars built by Greenville.
Railroad historian, Richard Hendrickson, cites the ends on the
B&O M55c class boxcars Greenville built in 1945 as an example
of this practice [43].
In the 1970s, Stanray introduced heavy non-terminating
box ribs that were welded directly to the corner posts [48].
The non-tapered design provided some flexibility in the
42
43 Greenville Steel Car
Co. built this car in 1945
with a 5/5 end with non-
tapered ribs that wrap
around the W-section
corner post. Note the
shortened top rib.
43
42. Corner dimples
between the dart-free
ribs identify this as an
ACF proprietary end
introduced in 1948.
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